NY A07333

Creates a presumption that heart disease causing disability or death in fire alarm dispatchers (including supervising level one and two) in cities with populations over one million was incurred in the line of duty, unless proven otherwise by competent evidence

Requires members to have passed a physical examination upon entry or thereafter that showed no evidence of heart disease for the presumption to apply

Provides a disability pension equal to 75% of final average salary for qualifying fire alarm dispatchers retiring under this provision

Assigns all past service costs to New York City and exempts the provisions from the appropriation requirement under Section 25 of the retirement and social security law

Estimated employer contribution increase of $57,000 per disability incident and $41,000 per death incident annually, with costs potentially reaching over $1 million per year if incidents occur annually over 25 years